[Butterweeds & Groundsels: The Genera Packera and Senecio in Mt. Adams Country]

Pale Yellow Ragwort, Western Groundsel, White Western Groundsel

Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus

Synonyms: Senecio integerrimus ssp. ochroleucus, Senecio lugens var. ochroleuchus

Paleyellow Ragwort, Western Groundsel, White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus (Synonyms: Senecio integerrimus ssp. ochroleucus, Senecio lugens var. ochroleuchus) - Pale Yellow Ragwort, Western Groundsel, White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus (Synonyms: Senecio integerrimus ssp. ochroleucus, Senecio lugens var. ochroleuchus)

The photo at left shows white western groundsel as seen in prairie alongside Lakeside Road about one-half mile west of Fisher Hill Rd in Conboy Lake NWR...........May 10, 2008. The photo at right shows white western groundsel blooming under the oaks in the Klickitat Wildlife Area several miles south of Grayback Mountain.......May 7, 2020.

Paleyellow Ragwort, Western Groundsel, White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus (Synonyms: Senecio integerrimus ssp. ochroleucus, Senecio lugens var. ochroleuchus) - Pale Yellow Ragwort, Western Groundsel, White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus (Synonyms: Senecio integerrimus ssp. ochroleucus, Senecio lugens var. ochroleuchus)

The photo at left shows white western groundsel as seen in oak woodlands along the River Route Road along the upper Klickitat River to the east of Glenwood, WA.........May 3, 2008. The photo at right shows white western groundsel fading out of bloom in bitterbrush/ponderosa pine woodlands near the south rim of the Klickitat River canyon, Klickitat Canyon Community Forest.........June 4, 2022.

Paleyellow Ragwort, Western Groundsel, White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus (Synonyms: Senecio integerrimus ssp. ochroleucus, Senecio lugens var. ochroleuchus) - Inflorescence of Pale Yellow Ragwort, Western Groundsel, White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus (Synonyms: Senecio integerrimus ssp. ochroleucus, Senecio lugens var. ochroleuchus)

The photo at left shows the inflorescence of white western groundsel and its distinctive whitish ray flowers. Photographed along Forest Rd K3000 below Bird Creek Camp at approximately 2450' on the southeastern side of Mt. Adams..........May 7, 2005. The photo at right shows the inflorescence of white western groundsel as seen along the Willard Springs Trail, Conboy Lake NWR......May 15, 2021.

Inflorescence of Pale Yellow Ragwort, Western Groundsel, White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus (Synonyms: Senecio integerrimus ssp. ochroleucus, Senecio lugens var. ochroleuchus) - Habitat of Pale Yellow Ragwort, Western Groundsel, White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus (Synonyms: Senecio integerrimus ssp. ochroleucus, Senecio lugens var. ochroleuchus)

White western groundsel blooming in open oak forest on the southeastern slopes of Grayback Mountain, about a dozen miles southeast of Mount Adams......May 14, 2023.

Paleyellow Ragwort, Western Groundsel, White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus (Synonyms: Senecio integerrimus ssp. ochroleucus, Senecio lugens var. ochroleuchus)

The photo above shows a close-up of the flower head of white western groundsel as seen at Bird Creek Campground along Bird Creek on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams.........May 30, 2006.

Paleyellow Ragwort, Western Groundsel, White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus (Synonyms: Senecio integerrimus ssp. ochroleucus, Senecio lugens var. ochroleuchus)

The photo above shows the general form of white western groundsel. Photographed along Forest Rd K3000 below Bird Creek Camp at approximately 2450' on the southeastern side of Mt. Adams.........May 7, 2005.

Paul Slichter